Bernardus Pistoriensis

Bernardus Pistoriensis (1120-1162) was an Inquisitor of the Papal States.

Biography
Pistoriensis was born in the Papal States, and became a priest. However, he was promoted to becoming an Inquisitor, with the menial task of persecuting people (even royalty) accused of failing to adhere to the Catholic faith.

In 1162, assassin Hubert Powell was sent by England to assassinate Pistoriensis, who threatened to eradicate excommunicated England's nobility in Aquitaine (southwestern France). Powell slipped a snake next to the bed of Pistoriensis, and the snake bit Pistoriensis, killing him.